Collar button



G. H. HARPER COLLAR BUTTON March a, 1932 Filed April 6. 1931 INVENTOR M%AT'i'oRNEYS Patented Mar. 8 1932 UNITED STATES GEORGE H. HARPER, ormunsaoxnhnomi COLLAR Application filed April 6,

The object of the invention is to provide a collar button of theconventional form with which is incorporated a means for engaging andretaining the tie of the user to prevent the knot of the latter droppingand exposing the button, as is frequently the case when the loop aroundthe neck of the wearer is left loose enough for comfort; to provide atie retaining means which, at the time of the insertion of the buttonthrough the buttonholes in the neck band of the shirt and the collarband may be folded down out of the.

way and substantially positively held in such folded position, so thatthere may be no danger. of its impinging on the fabric of the shirt orcollar; and to provide a construction which may be included as anelement of the conventional collar button without mate rial increase inthe expense of production 1 of the same.

terations may be comprehended in spirit by the annexed claims.

Figure 1 is a perspective view, partly in section, showing the inventionapplied inoperative position.

Figure 2 is a front elevational view of the structure of Figure 1.

partly in section of a collar I button constructed in accordance withthe invention.

Figure 4 is a front elevational view of the invention showing theretainer in one of its folded positions, with the other or oppositefolded position being indicated in dotted lines.

Figure 5 is a sectional view on the plane in dicated by the line 55 ofFigure 3.

The button in which the invention is shown as incorporated is of theconventional form having a base 10 with which is connected the centrallydisposed shank 11, this shank carrying the pivotally mounted head 12which Figure 3 is a view partly in elevation and U TO I a 1931. sen in528,155 is of generally oval form with the pivot point, as indicated at14, closer to one end than to the other so as to provide a bill portion15 designed to be easily inserted through the button-holes inthe collarband and collar when the button is in use. The head is of the usualhollow form and the pivotal mounting between it and the shank is of theconventional character which will yieldingly retainthe head in either ofits two positions of alignment, with the shank or at rightanglesthereto. I

The retainer constituting the' invention consists of a hook 16 ofU-shaped form; of which'one leg, as that indicated at 16 is in- "05serted into the head 12 through the edge of I the bill 15 on theextremity of the latter, the other leg 16 constituting a prong which mayenterv the knot 17 of'the tie. I The hook 15 is susceptible of assumingsev eral positions with reference to the bill of the head 12, the onewhere it curves around'in frontiof" the bill, as indicated in FigureB,when it is in position to have-the tieseated I upon it, and the othertwo in the plane of the 7 .bill on either side of the latter as showninfull lines and in dotted lines'in' Figure 4.

In either of these two latter positions, the-leg 16 lies close to theedgeof the bill, when its pointed extremity falls behind the shoulder'50 18 resultingfrom making the bill of reduced width. In this foldedposition of the'hook, therefore, the prong or point is shielded by theshoulder 18 and the bill may be readily passed 5 through thebutton-holes without danger of the hook impingingon the goods.

To insure the hook retaining any one of, its adjusted positions,'theupper end of the leg 16 carries a cross-sectionally angular block 19 ofwhich the sides bear against'opposite'no walls on" the interior of thebill and in turning the hook to its operative position in front of thebill or into itsfolded position on either side edge of the latter, thecorners are caused to bear against the interior walls of the bill,slightly spreading the latter until the required angular or turningmovement is efi'ected, when the fiat sides of the block again bear andthe desired position of-the hook secured,"

The invention having been described, what is claimed as new and usefulis 1. A collar button having a head and a U-shaped hook of which one legextends radially into the head through the edge thereof, the hook beingangularly adjustable to dispose the otherleg in arallelism with the heador in the plane of t e latter.

2. A collar button having a head and a U-shaped hook of which one legextends radially into the head through the edge thereof, the hook beingangularly adjustable to dispose the other leg in parallelism with the Yhead or in theplane of the latter, that leg interior to the head beingprovided with means for insuring the retention of the hook in any of itsselectedpositions. j

, 3. A collar button having a head terminating in a bill of reducedwidthas respects the head to provide afshoulderat the junction of thetwo, a U-shaped hookhaving one leg pivotally mounted in the bill. at theterminal edge thereof to selectively dispose the other leg inoverlapping relation to the bill in parallelism therewith or into foldedrelation at the side edge of the bill with its eX- treinity behind saidshoulder.

l. A collar button having a head tQIHllIlZLting in a bill of reducedWidth as respects the head to provide a shoulder at the junction of thetwo, a U-shaped hook having one leg pivotally mounted in the bill at theterminal edge thereof to selectively dispose the other I leg inoverlapping relation to the bill in parallelism therewith or into foldedrelation at the side edge of the bill with itsextremity behindsaidshoulder, the pivotally mounted 7 leg being interior to the bill andterminally provided with a cross-sectionally angular block with its flatsides bearing against opposite interior walls of the bill. a v

In testimony whereof he aiiixes his signature. I

' GEO GE H. HARPER.

